Does your car look like you could almost live in it because of all the stuff you keep in there? It turns out, a lot of car owners are basically using their vehicles as mobile storage units, according to new research that reveals some of the surprising things taking up space in there.
A new survey of 2-thousand adults across the country finds that less than half (46%) claim their cars are tidy, but a third are downright embarrassed at the state of their vehicle.
- That may be because 23% have old food wrappers littering their car’s interior and 21% admit dropped food can be found on the floor of theirs.
- More than a third (36%) have old bottles, cans and takeout cups taking up space in their ride.
- And a third of car owners keep clothes inside theirs, somewhere between a jacket and two weeks worth of laundry.
- But there seem to be some generational differences in how clean Americans keep their cars and Gen Z seems to be the tidiest. The youngest age group polled feels most confident their vehicle is kept in a “very tidy” state (32%).
- Baby boomers, on the other hand, are the group most likely to admit their cars are messy (21%).
- Half of all respondents feel the current state of their car’s interior in an accurate reflection of their personality.
- Believe it or not, half of car owners feel they know their car so well they could pick it out from a lineup just by the smell alone.
- The survey reveals some of the most bizarre items currently inside respondents’ cars include uncashed lottery tickets, a dog stroller, cassette tapes, false teeth, an assortment of jams and jellies, a Sammy Sosa bobblehead, a camping shower, old Halloween decorations and someone’s husband’s fake leg.
Source: Talker